Aerophagia: Excessive Air Swallowing Demonstrated by Esophageal Impedance Monitoring

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1127-1129

  Hemmink, Gerrit J M ^a,b   Weusten, Bas L A M ^a   Bredenoord, Albert J ^a,b   Timmer, Robin ^a   Smout, André J P M ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAXATIVE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AEROPHAGIA; AIR; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTIPATION; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GAS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MALE; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; AEROPHAGY; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 70349559573     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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